Where Do We Go Wednesday - Q Week

• Go to Dairy Queen today and eat a blizzard.
• Go to the Library or Church and practice being quiet and using your quiet voice.
• Go to the lake or park and look for ducks that say, "Quack, Quack

Time Together Tuesday - Q Week

• Quail - Click here to color pictures of quail. http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4RNWO_en___US225&q=quail++coloring+pictures&um=1
• Queen - Talk about being a queen. Make a crown out of construction paper. Staple it together. You can use some tin foil to make it shiny or even put gems on it. Make a robe with a sheet that you have at home.
• Quilt - If you can sew, cut out pieces of material and have your children color them or draw pictures on it and then sew them together into a quilt. If you have some one who is sick, you can make them a quilt to make them feel better. When my grandparents were being treated for cancer, we had a quilt with our pictures on them and they loved to bring them to their treatments.

Morality Monday Q is for Quiet

This week teach your children that there are times to be quiet and times to be loud. In church we show reverence to God by being quiet. See if your children can think of other places or times when it is good to be quiet. Teach them the old saying, "If you can't say something nice, then say nothing at all." There are times we want to say mean things but it's best to hold it in to prevent hurt feelings or regret for saying the wrong thing. Sometimes we need to be quiet so we can simply listen to others.


Job 6:24 NIV
"Teach me, and I will be quiet; show me where I have been wrong.

Where Do We Go Wednesday - P Week

• Park - Go to the park and enjoy the nice weather.
• Picnic - Have a picnic at the park
• Pizza Parlor - Go to lunch at a pizza place and talk about how pizza is made.
• Piano - Listen to someone play the piano or try to play it yourself

Time Together Tuesday - P Week

• Painting - There are many kinds of paintings, finger painting, water color, string. Explore the different kinds and see which one your child likes. You can even use shaving cream and paint in the bath tub. Or you can use colored pudding to paint with and eat it when your done.
• Play dough - Play with play dough or make your own.
• Purple - Take purple construction paper and cut out different shapes and sizes and then paste them on white construction paper.
• People - Go through your magazine. Cut pieces of people on construction paper. Talk about what they are doing in the photos.
• Puppet - Take a small brown lunch bag and make a puppet. You can color the bags or paste things on them.

Morality Monday - P Week

This week we need to focus on patience. Patience is a fruit of the Spirit. Think of ways to be patient this week. Anytime you feel like your patience is being tested it may be that God is helping you work on this. Sing a song that my mother taught me. I don't know who wrote it but it goes like this, "Have patience, have patience, don't be in such a hurry."

Here's a scripture to help us think about patience.

Colossians 1:11 NIV
"being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully "

Time Together Tuesday - O Week

• One - Take a piece of construction paper and write the number one on the top. Give your children a few shapes and have them paste one shape under the letter one.


• Orange - Take orange construction paper and cut out different shapes, paste the shapes onto a piece of white construction paper. Make some designs, be creative. You can also ask your children if they know of anything that is orange and write it down.


• Owl - Color a picture of an owl and talk about them and what sound an owl makes also here are some pictures and other crafts to do: http://www.first-school.ws/theme/animals/birds/owl.htm


• Ostrich - Color a picture of ostrich and talk about them http://www.first-school.ws/t/cpostrich.htm


• Otter - Talk about an otter and color a picture: http://www.first-school.ws/t/cpotter.htm

Morality Monday - O is for Obey

Focus on obedience this week. I know it's hard to get your children to obey but explain to them that God wants us to obey our parents as well as His will. I have been struggling with my 4 year old on obedience so what we did is we filled a jar full of balls and if he fills up the jar, he can do something special like play computer or go buy a toy. If he disobeys, he has to remove a jar from the bin. This has really been working for us! Do you have any ideas on disapline? Please put them in the comments, I would love to hear some new ideas.
Here's a scripture to read to your children:


Leviticus 18:4 NIV
"You must obey my laws and be careful to follow my decrees. I am the LORD your God. "

Where Do We Go Wednesday - N Week

Newspaper - Go visit your local newspaper and ask them for a tour.

Nursery - Visit a flower or plant nursery and look at all the different types of flowers.

Nature Hike - Go on a nature hike and bring a bag with you and see what different items you can collect. Rocks, pine cones, flowers, etc.

New York - If you can, plan a trip to New York city. Or go to the state of New York and see Niagra Falls. If you can't make it, print off pictures of the falls and discuss it with your children.

Time Together Tuesday - N Week

• Newspaper - Look through the newspaper and cut out pictures and words. Make a collage on construction paper. Glue pictures and words on the page
• Nature - Collect things from nature. Leaves, acorns, twigs, flowers. Take a piece of construction paper and paste them on the page. Make a pretty picture.
• Necklace - Ge macaroni and color it. Take a twelve inch piece of yard. Tie ends together. You have a necklace.
• Nine - Take a piece of construction paper. Write the number nine on top. Give the children nine shapes that you have cut out and have them paste the shapes under the number nine.
• Nodosaurus (dinosaur) - click here to color some animals that begin with the letter N http://www.first-school.ws/theme/animals/alphabet/letter-n.htm

Morality Monday - N is for Needy

Talk to your children about being other people in need. Have them write down their own ideas of how to be take care of others in need. God wants us to take care of those in need. It may be monitary needs, physical needs or spiritual needs Here's the scripture of the week:

Deuteronomy 15:11 NIV
There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your brothers and toward the poor and needy in your land.

Try It Out Thurday - M Week

Books to Read:

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Big Book (Paperback)by Eileen Christelow (Author)

Just Mom and Me Having Tea: A Fun Bible Study for Mothers and Daughters (Paperback)by Mary J. Murray (Author)

Just Me and My Mom (A Little Critter Book) (Paperback)by Mercer Mayer (Illustrator)

Products To Try:

Melissa & Doug USA Map 51-Piece Floor Puzzle

Melissa and Doug Mailbox and Mail Set

Moby Wrap Baby Carrier

Where Do We Go Wednesday - M Week

• Mail - Go visit the post office. Ask for a tour. Mail a letter.
• Museum - Go to a museum near you or take a day trip to one in another town.
• Movies - Go to see a movie together or rent a video
• Music - Go to a music store or listen to music. Go to a concert

Time Together Tuesday - M Week

• Me - Use water colors to paint a picture of yourself.
• Mother's Card - Mother's day will soon be approaching. Have your children make a special card for mom. Be creative. Take a picture of your child and let them decorate it. You can also do this for a grandmother. One the front of the card write, "I". Then paste child's picture under the "I". Under the picture write, "Love", Open the card and write, "Mom" and paste Mom's picture under it.
• Mobile - Cut out shapes or desired pictures out of construction paper. Tie a string through the construction paper. Attach another end of the string to the hanger and attach as many as you like.
• Monkey - Print out pictures of monkeys and color them. http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=monkey+coloring&um=1&ie=UTF-8